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20 March 2016

Abuse in religious institutions

Sir: The Oscar-winning film, Spotlight (2016) had significantly more to offer than its eminent cast and celebration of classic journalism; it had a plot that spun around the investigation of the taboo theme: child molestation by priests inside the Roman Catholic Church of the US. No school of thought neither caters nor allows such perniciousness and inhuman actions; yet it is a part of every single society. 
Regrettably, the act of sexual abuse in religious institutions and communities is pretty common. Unfortunately, it is considered to taboo to hold well regarded religious figures accountable so it is kept hidden by the powerful, upper level of the hierarchy.